diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 3465da2a98bd..3d5280425027 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ int nf_conntrack_set_hashsize(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/* On boot, we can set this without any fancy locking. */
-	if (!nf_conntrack_htable_size)
+	if (!nf_conntrack_hash)
 		return param_set_uint(val, kp);
 
 	rc = kstrtouint(val, 0, &hashsize);